אֶבְיוֹן (ev.yon) means “needy” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: eb-yone' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אֶבְיוֹן · ev.yon · needy
1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person 2) subject to oppression and abuse 3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God 4) general reference to lowest class
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from H14 (אָבָה), in the sense of want (especially in feeling); destitute
KJV glosses: beggar, needy, poor (man).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and needy | 19 |
| the needy | 10 |
| of the needy | 6 |
| and the needy | 4 |
| to the needy | 3 |
| to the poor | 3 |
| for the needy | 2 |
| poor | 2 |
| a poor man | 1 |
| and poor | 1 |
| and the poor | 1 |
| from your poor | 1 |
| her poor | 1 |
| of the needy one | 1 |
| of the oppressed | 1 |
| or a needy man | 1 |
| so that the poor | 1 |
| to be poor | 1 |
| you deprive the poor | 1 |
| your poor | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and needy | 17 |
| the needy | 5 |
| and the needy | 4 |
| of the needy | 4 |
| of the poor | 4 |
| the poor | 3 |
| to the poor | 3 |
| and the poor | 2 |
| for the poor | 2 |
| to the needy | 2 |
| against thy poor | 1 |
| and poor | 1 |
| and to thy needy | 1 |
| even when the needy | 1 |
| for the needy | 1 |
| from thy poor | 1 |
| her poor | 1 |
| if there be among you a poor man | 1 |
| of thy poor | 1 |
| on the poor | 1 |
| or any poor | 1 |
| still that the poor | 1 |
| the beggar | 1 |
| when there shall be no poor | 1 |
| yet setteth he the poor | 1 |
Page 2 of 2. 58 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
Read word by wordHe oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
Read word by wordThe people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Read word by wordHear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Read word by wordFor I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
Read word by wordHear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Read word by wordLet us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
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